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VEHICLE WHEEL.

No. 278,438. Patented May 29,1883.

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SPECIFICATION forming, part of Letters Patent No. 278,438, dated Ma 29, 1883. Application filed February 19,1883. (No model.)

To all whom it-mag concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LANE, of Hyde Park, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain Improvements in Vel1icle-Wheels,of which the following is a specification. l V

The object of my invention is to provide a spoked metallic wheel for sulky-plows, cultivators, &c., which shall be at once light, cheap, durable, and strong, and which may be cheaply, quickly, and easily repaired, and specially provide fora chan gin gof the box, as the box sh all become worn, by theplacing of a new one withlight expense' and Without sending the wheel to a shop.

"The invention consists in certain improvements in the construction of the hub, the spokes, and the felly tire or rim, which will first be described in the specification, and afterward pointed out in the claims.

- Referring to the drawings, like letters refer to like parts, Figure l represents'a reduced perspective view of a wheel in which my improvementsare embodied. .Fig. 2-is a side view of the hub A. Fig.3 is a vertical central section view taken ona line longitudinal through the center of the hub, showing all the 'parts composing the hub, how they are ar ranged relative to each other, and how the spokes are seated in the annular, also showing how the annular A,with the collars a a, are

firmly secured together by means of the pipebox B and the nut C. Fig. 4 is a side view of the pipe-box B with the not 6, showing how the box has a shoulder, b, near its outer end, and howthe nut O has an annulet shoulder, 11. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectionview taken on a line longitudinal through the center of the pipe-box B, and the same view of the not 0, the latter removed from the box, showing how the pipe-box is screw-threaded at c and how the nut (J is screw-threaded at c. 'Fig. 6 is a side view of the annular A; Fig. 7, a crosssectiori view taken on a line longitudinal through the center of the annular A, showing how its interior may be constructed with a chambered part, (1, how the annular has upon both its ends a projectin grim, f j; that thesaid rim is slotted with slots 1, and the spokes are seated therein. Fig. Sis a perspective view "ot the annular A,showing the recess ,9, rim

f, and how the slots t are arranged in the rim.

Fig. 9 is a side view of the collar a, showing the slots i. "Figs-10 is a cross-section view of the collar a, showing how it is recessed with recess 4, and how it has an inclined seat,- 7c.v

Fig.' 11 is a view of the inner end of the collar 1 a, showing the recess r, slots '5, and the central opening, h. Fig. 12 is a view of the outer end of the collar a, showing the .inclined seat It. Fig. 13 is a view of the spoke S, having a head, it, upon one end and a screw upon the other end. 'Fig. 14 is a cross-section view of the folly tire-or rim T, showing how the spokes are set and screwed into the rim. Fig. 15 is an end view of .the nutO'; and Fig. 16 is a view of the nut 0, showing the ratchet R and the sand-cap I, both made solid with the nut.

In the drawings,A represents the hub of the wheel, S the spokes, and T the felly tire or rim.

The felly-tire may be constructed of halfoval iron or steel, obviating the necessity of a separate felly and tire, and perforated with screw-threaded holes, as usual and well-known.

I preferablyperforate the felly-ti re with screwthreaded holes a at one side of the center of 'the felly-tire, as shown in Fig. 14, one-half of the holes upon each side of the center of the fellytire, andin the direction of the spoke to be set therein, whereby greater strength of. the wheel is attained than when set in a line center of the felly-tire. i

The spokes S may be of round rod iron or steel, with a screw-threaded end for entering the hub end of the spoke 1 construct a round head, n, on the round rod-spoke S permitting tire, after thesaid head is seated in the annular, and the spoke embraced by the collar.

The hub consists of the annular A, with the spoke to be turned screwing into the fellythe two collars a a, and the pipe-b0X B, with I one end fall between those upon the other end,

85 the perforations in the felly-tire,'as usual. At i zigzag about'the annular. A recess, j. is constructed' under the rim f, andextending back beyond the slots 2', to provide room and seat for seating the spoke-head 'n, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. The annular has a central opening, 9, to admit the pipe-box B, and 01 represents that the annular may be chambered or cored out in order to render the hub as light as posspoke-head seats, to reduce the weight of the casting, as shown at m in Fig. 8. .The collar a may be a disk-ring, covering the end of the annular A, having, a central opening, h, to admit the pipe-box B. The two collars a a are constructed alike, and a description of one will suflice for both. The collar a is provided with a recess, 17, to admit the rim fand slots 1" to embrace and support the spoke S, as shown in the drawings. The center opening, h, has the seat 70 made inclined .and fitting the inclined shoulder b on the pipe-box. The collar a may have an annular extension or shoulder, o, forming a bearing against and supporting the end of the head a of the spoke S, whereby the head'n will be supported and prevented from being forced away from the rim f. Bolts it may be used to secure and hold the collars to the end of the annular, as shown in Fig. 2. The hearing or shoulder 0 and the bolts t may be dispensed with without departing from my invention. V

The sulky-plow wheel is subjectedto strain, crowding, and twisting as it revolves, and the pipe-box B is that part of the hub most subject to wear by the gritty soil getting interior on the axle-journal and exterior about the annular and collars, causing rapid wear on the exterior of the box and about its bearings on the annular and collars. It is to obviate and overcome this that I have improved the box and its bearings, as will now be shown.

The pipe-box B is a cylindrical pipe open at I 'both ends, provided.near its outer end with a shoulder, b, which shoulder I preferably make inclined, and which is seated in the central opening, h, of the collar to on the seat 70, and

. the other end of thepipe-box B is screw-threaded, at c, to receive thenutC. The extended end (1 of the pipe-box B, extending outwardly from the shoulder b, is reduced in size externally, so that the sand-cap nut in common use may be used therewith. The nut O is screw-threaded,

the opening hrh on the seat 7c,'takin-g up the slack. The inclines on .the shoulders I) b may be more or less inclined. I prefer that shown in the drawings. I do not limit myselfto such inclined shoulders, as they may be dispensed with and square shoulders substituted, and still remain within the purview of my invention when combined and used with the annular A and collars a a. The nut C may have the usual sand-capfl, and the ratchet B may be made solid therewith, as shown in Fig. 5. The sand-cap made solid with the nutCis not my invention; but in the combination therewith of the ratchet R made solid together I do claim novelty. The ratchet B is used to provide for the use of a power-lift in sulky plows.

To assemble the wheel, the spokes are inserted in the rim T and seated in the annular. The collars are then placed over the ends of the annular. The pipe-box is then inserted.

and the nut run on the box, allloosely at first. Then, with a suitable wrench for turning round rods, the spokes are turned, screwing into the felly tire or rim T, bringing the heads a firmly into seat and putting tension on the spokes,-

suspending the hub to the telly tire or rim in all directions of the spokes, after which the nut G is turned, bringing the shoulders b b firmly into seat, and the collars a a embracing snugly against the annular, in which Fig. 2 represents the so-completed hub, and Fig. 1 the completed wheel.

It is to be noted that in my improved wheel the spokes are intended and are arranged to receive a tensile instead of a thrusting strain, and that the construction of the entire wheel is shaped to thisend.

- I am aware that metallic wheels and sectional metallic hubs have been made in many forms, and that spokes have been secured to hubs by means of collars applied thereto; but I am not aware that anyone has hitherto constructed a hub or wheel in the peculiar manner I represented in the accompanying drawings.

I am also aware that trussed wheels, or wheels in which small spokes of wire having a tensile strain, have been constructed, and, such I do not broadly claim.

The whole construction of my wheel is simple, light, inexpensive, and strong, and each part thereof may be made in duplication and interchangeable, and new parts substituted for worn ones, with light expense and without sending the wheel to a shop.

Havingdescribed myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, iss 1. In a metallic wheel, the combination of the felly-tire composed of a single bar perforated with oblique screw-threaded holes, spokes provided with heads and screw-threaded ends, as shown, and the screw-threaded ends screwed into the screw-threaded perforations in the telly-tire, the annular with the said heads of the spokes seated alternately in either end of the annular, and the spokes standing zigzag purposeset forth. l v

. 2. In a metallic wheel, the combination of the spokes S, constructed of round iron or steel,

provided withround heads at and screw-thread ed ends p, the annular provided with a rim, sole supporting the said heads, the collars embracing and supporting the body of the said spokes, the felly-tire composed of a single bar provided with screw-threaded perforations, and the said spokes screwed directly into the said-peribrations,all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a metallic wheel, the annular A, provided with the rim f, projecting beyond the body oftheannulan recess j, and slots i, in combination with spokes' 8, provided with head 11., and collar a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a metallic wheel, the annular A, pro videdwith a rim on both its ends, the inside of the said rim projecting beyond the outside, and the rimslotted, as shown, in combination with spokes provided with heads, the said heads seated in theannular, collars embracing and supporting the body of the said spokes,

and with pipe-box centrally secured in the annular and collars, all substantially as and -for the purpose set forth. a t

5. In a metallic hub, the collar it, provided about the woman-substantially 'as and for the with the recess 7' and slots 2', in combination with annular A, provided with rimf, and the rim f projecting into the recess 1" in the collar,

6.- In a metallic hub,the collar a, provided with the recess 1', slots '6, and inclined seat k, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination of thepipe-box B, provided with an inclined shoulder, 11, and nut 0, provided with the inclined annulet shoulder 11, and collars 01-, provided with inclined seat It, the inclined shoulders of the pipe-box and not seated in the inclined seat in the collars, as shown.

8. The out 0, with sand-cap l, and ratchet R, made solid in one piece, in combination with pipe-box B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. In a metallic hub, the annular A, provided with therim, slots, and recess formed on both its ends, in combination with collars *covering both ends of the annular, and the collars provided with slots t", recess 0', and inclined seat It, and with the pipe-box and nut O, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN LANE.

Witnesses:

' JOSEPH N. BARKER,

E. J. LANE.

substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 

